BUT THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY CHEAPER. I’ve been hovering around fresh fruits and vegetables in the hopes that they’d crater in price but no fucking movement. That’s the one thing that capitalism is “supposed” to do and it’s not even any good for that
Yeah, because there are no government subsidies for actual food aside from turning a blind eye while farmer owners underpay undocumented migrant workers to harvest their fields. Now that ICE is camping out at farms to pick up said laborers, the prices can only go up.
BUT THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY CHEAPER. I’ve been hovering around fresh fruits and vegetables in the hopes that they’d crater in price but no fucking movement. That’s the one thing that capitalism is “supposed” to do and it’s not even any good for that
Yet when covid hit what happened? Dump all the potatoes in the field to rot post haste!
Supply and demand exists in a state of quantum superposition up until the point that the capitalist needs to measure it to justify rising prices.
Yeah, because there are no government subsidies for actual food aside from turning a blind eye while farmer owners underpay undocumented migrant workers to harvest their fields. Now that ICE is camping out at farms to pick up said laborers, the prices can only go up.
The Grapes Of Wrath: when I’m mad that the grapes are still too much $